Clothes-wringer



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0. WHEELER, Jr. 01.0mm WRINGER.

No. 471,924. Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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CLOTHES WRINGER.

No. 471,924. Patented Mar. 29, 1892 E55. mvLwmlz Wl TN ESS E S STATE PATENT Enron.-

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,924, dated March 29, 1892.

Application filed September 18, 1890. Serial No. 365,370. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OYRENUs WHEELER, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Auburn. in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to clothes-wringers and are improvements upon the machine patented to Jacob Brinkerhoff December 26, 1871, No. 122,220, the object being to cheapen and simplify its construction and increase its effectiveness and durability, as willbe hereinafter pointed out.

In the following description of the machine the crank end will be called the right-hand end, and the other end the left-hand end. The side where the material enters the rolls will be called the front side, and where it leaves the rolls the back side.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view, and Fig. 2 a rear view. Fig. 3 is a view of the right-hand end of the machine. Fig. 4 is a view of the journal-box carrier. Fig. 5 is a view of the right-hand end piece, showing seat for the lower roll journal-box; Fig. 6, a view of the journal-box for lower roll. Fig. 7 is a view of the lefthand end in section, showing position of journal-boxes. Fig.8 is a perspective view of the lower journal-box shown in Fig. 7.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

A is the upper and B the lower roll. These rolls have metal shafts with a covering of elastic rubber. The shafts extend beyond the rubber covering and serve as journals and for attaching the gear wheels. A slotted metal end piece Ofor the right hand and end piece D for the left-hand end is provided. These end pieceshave foot-pieces a and 1) formed with them. These foot-pieces project backward from the end pieces and are opposite the center of the counter-shaft. By this arrangement the frame-work and rolls, when in working position, are lower down on the tub or reservoir to which they are attached than they would be with the foot-pieces connected at the base of the end pieces. The cross-piece E is placed with its ends upon the foot-pieces a and b, and is securely fastened to them by means of the spindles c and d and nuts eand f of the clamping-jaws F and'G. These clamping-jaws have thumb-screws gand h for gripping the tub or reservoir. By this arrange ment the rolls are far enough within the tub or receptacle and low enough, so that the Water from the'rolls will fall in thetub without the use of an apron or drip-board. An arched bar H is provided and inserted in the slots at the top of the end pieces 0 and D and securely fastened to them bybolts iandj passed through both. In this frame-work the rolls A B and counter-shaft I are held in operative position and in proper working relation to each other, as hereinafter described.

At the left-hand end in the slot of the end piece D a box is is inserted. This box is preferably made of wood, but may be of metal with wood linings, if desired. This box is madevwider than the slot in the end piece, and is recessed or grooved so as to receive the edges of the metal end piece. This box has in it bearings for the left-hand ends of the counter-shaft and lower roll. The left-hand end of the upper roll A has its shaft Zretained in working position byabox m, which has a wood lining n. This box has an extension-piece 0, the upper end of which extends through the loop or opening 19 in the end of arched bar H, in which it is free to slide up and down with the rise and fall of roll A. This extension-piece serves to keep the box vertical in its movements and prevents the spring J, which rests loosely upon it, from being displaced. The counter shaft land the shaft q of the lower roll B have on their-.left- I,

hand projecting ends gear-Wheels K andL of the same size that Work together. The righthand end of the shaft q is supported by the removable box r, which is supported ina seat 8 formed in the right-hand end piece 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The end piece 0 is cut away or recessed at t to permit the insertion and removal of the box from its seat. This box 1 has a Wood lining to.

For supporting the upper roll A and counter shaft I at theirright-hand endsajournal-box carrier M is provided, which has on its outward face a fixed axle N and on its inner face boxes as for the shaft of upper roll and y for the counter-shaft. (See Fig. 4.) Theseboxes are formed with the carrier M, and when it is in position project into the slot of the end piece 0. The boxes have wood linings v and w. The carrier M is shaped to permit the passage of the shafts l and I, so that their bearings will be upon the wood lining of the boxes. The carrier M is arranged outside of and parallel to the end piece Candis retainedin that position by its lower end m passing through the opening or loop 2, formed in the bottom of the end piece 0, and its upper end m being inserted in the opening or loop 19' in the right-hand end of arched bar II. By this arrangement the carrier M isfree to rise and fall vertically with the movements of the upper roll A.

To the projecting end of the shaft Z of the upper roll is fastened gear-wheel O, and to the projecting end of counter=shaft l isfastened a gear-wheelP of the samesize. Onthe fixed axle N is a small gear-wheel Q, which has'a crank R formed with it which is held in position on axle N byapin ct. Under the arched bar I'I isplaced the spring .I, with its ends resting on the tops of the boxes w and m, and is prevented from displacement by lips or flanges-b and b on the arched bar [Land formed with the end pieces on their front edges and prevent the fabric from lapping over theends of the rolls.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as' new, and desire to obtain Letters Patent for, is-

1. In combination with the rolls of aclotheswringer and the slotted end frame-pieces, the

arched bar unitingthe tops of the end pieces and provided withopenings in its projecting ends, thebeariug-boxcs for the upper roll provided withextended pieces which'slide in theopenings in the endsof the arched bar, the arched spring resting'loosely on'the bearin g-boxes in-the upper ends of the slotted'end frame-pieces and retained in place by the extended pieces of the bearing-boxes, and the pressure-screw in the arched bar, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the rolls of a clotheswringer which has a counter-shaft located below the lower roll and is geared with it at one end and with the upper roll at its other end by means of a=train of gearing operated by a hand-crank and intermediate gear-pinion, which are supported by a journal-box carrier, the supporting-frame consisting of the slotted metal end pieces provided with foot-pieces united to them above the bottoms of their slots and projecting backward from them, the cross-bar united to said foot-pieces by the spindles of the clamping-jaws, the arched bar united to the tops of the end pieces and pros vided with the openings in its projecting ends, the bearing-box of the upper roll at its lefthand end provided with an extension-piece to slide in the opening of the arched bar, and the j our'nal-box carrier at the right-hand end provided with an extension-piece at its upper end to slide'in the opening at the end of the arched bar, the lower end of said carrier also provided with a similar extension-piece to slide in the loopat the bottom of the righthand end piece, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the rolls, the counter-shaft I, and the gearing for driving the rolls, of the slotted end pieces, the right-hand one being provided with an opening or loopat its lower end, the stationary bearings for the lower roll, and the sliding journal-box carrierat the right-hand end of the wringer, in which the journals of the upper roll and the shaft I have bearing provided with a projecting end m, whichenters the opening or loop'in the said end piece and is held and guided thereby, substantially as set forth.

4. In a clothes-wringer, the combinationof the slotted metallic end frame-pieces, the walls of the slot in'the right-hand end framepicce'being recessed at t, the rolls and their driving gearing, and a removable bearing 1' for the right-hand end of the lower roller adapted to be inserted into and removed from the said recess tfro'm the side of the framepiece,substantially as described.

5. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the slotted end frame-pieces, the rolls, the counter-shaft arranged below the lower ]roll and gearedwith it at one end, and a; train of gearing uniting the shaft with the upper roll at the other end, of the sliding journalbox carrier arranged outside of the end framepieceand provided with boxes" which enter the slot of the frame-piece, substantially as set forth.

6. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the slotted end frame-pieces,the rolls,

the counter-shaft arranged below the lower roll and geared with it at one end, and a train of gearing uniting the counter-shaftwith the upper roll at the other end, of the sliding journal-box carrier M,-arranged outside of the end framepiece andprovided with the boxes at and y, the stud N, the projecting ends m and m and the wooden bearing-linings 'u andw, the frame-piece being provided with loops in which the said projecting ends of the journal-box carrier'are confined, substantially as described.

OYRENUS \VI-IEELER, JR.

Vitnesses:

- JOHN D. TELLER,

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